第三版大学英语第3册教案精要.doc

She broke (爆发) then: At that time she could no longer control her emotions 她再也控制不住(她的情感)了 sob (vi.): cry or weep in very low sound 抽泣 …feeling Mother’s back racked (shake violently) with emotion 感到母亲的背在颤抖 rack one’s brains绞尽脑汁 vulnerability (U): being liable to be damaged or hurt 益受伤害的;脆弱的 be vulnerable to (sth.): His viewpoint is vulnerable to criticism. Note: venerable 德高望重的 …but she was something more: a person like me (同位语), capable of fear and hurt and failure (定语) Patterns: be capable of sth. /doing sth. 具有做某事的能力 be able to do sth. 有能力做某事 on a thousand occasions = on many, many cases